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3 unusual facts about United States Waiver of Inadmissibility


Ex-PATRIOT Act

Section 3 of the Ex-PATRIOT Act also amends INA ยง 212(d)(3) to make the Secretary of Homeland Security and not the Attorney General responsible for processing waivers of inadmissibility for "specified expatriates" seeking admission to the U.S. as non-immigrants.

FAST Card

Such applicants must first obtain a Canadian pardon (a Canadian Pardon is not recognized by the US) and/or a United States Waiver of Inadmissibility before a FAST Card will be issued.

United States Waiver of Inadmissibility

This currently includes Class A Tuberculosis, Chancroid, Gonorrhea, Granuloma inguinale, Lymphogranuloma venereum, Syphilis, Leprosy or any other communicable disease as determined by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.



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